OECD Bureaucrats Criticize USA for Absence of Parental Leave Mandate

by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations

Usually with regard to government-run health care, folks on the left commonly criticize the United States for being the “only country” that does not  provide this or that handout from the government. That should not be a persuasive argument without first...

The Adverse Unintended Consequences of Paid Sick Leave

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care

Back in 2008, the soon-to-be Chief of Staff for President Obama infamously stated that, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Sure enough, the Obama Administration – elected in the aftermath of the financial crisis – quickly rammed through a so-called...

Journalistic Alchemy: Washington Post Magically Transforms a Spending Cut into a Tax Increase

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2017 | Blogs, Health Care, Taxation

I don’t focus much on media bias because journalists generally aren’t dishonest. Instead, they choose which stories to highlight or downplay based on what advances their political agenda. Though every so often I’ll highlight an example of where bias leads to an...